Odin (Dutch Edition)

Go on an adventure in the world of the Vikings and get started as a merchant, hunter or plunderer. Build houses, discover distant lands and contribute every round to the party in honor of Odin. In this great strategic game, Uwe Rosenberg takes you to a bygone era. A variety of action options and equipment cards for your Norsemen guarantee a unique game, where you try to optimize the possibilities on your player board every time! "Odin" is a legend in the form of a board game.

You relive the cultural successes, the trade expeditions and the looting of the tribes that we now know as "Vikings". This term was used very differently around the end of the first millennium. When the raiders went on plundering, they said they were going on a "viking". The Scandinavian forefathers, however, were much more than ordinary pirates. They were explorers, traders and founders of states. Leif Eriksson was probably the first European in America, well ahead of Columbus. In the region that is now called Normandy, the invaders were not called Vikings but "Normans". One of them was the well-known William the Conqueror who invaded England in 1066. He managed what the king of Norway did not manage a few years before: conquering the English throne. The fact that the people of that time became good sailors had to do with the fact that it was difficult to live on agriculture alone. Large crop shortages caused a lot of suffering.

In this game you can plunder and discover new areas. You also experience how everyday life was by collecting goods that give you a strong position in society. Ultimately, the game is won by the player whose possessions are worth the most.